Gender differences in accepting and receiving requests for tasks with low promotability

American Economic Review

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 714-747

  Babcock, Linda ^a   Recalde, Maria P ^b   Vesterlund, Lise ^c   Weingart, Laurie ^d  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85017345321     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.20141734     Document Type: Article

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